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Notes on Practise is about the long road of training, cultivation, and trying to become someone worth being.
Some episodes explore movement, power, and the disciplined training of the body. Others turn inward — towards attention, effort, surrender, and meaning. Some are simply reflections on being human while trying to live with integrity.
These are spoken notes from practise.
An ongoing record of work, change, and understanding over time.
Online Training with Shkar: https://www.shaolintaichi.online/
Some episodes explore movement, power, and the disciplined training of the body. Others turn inward — towards attention, effort, surrender, and meaning. Some are simply reflections on being human while trying to live with integrity.
These are spoken notes from practise.
An ongoing record of work, change, and understanding over time.
Online Training with Shkar: https://www.shaolintaichi.online/
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 18 days
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
11 episodes
since Jan. 28, 2026
episodic
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In this episode, I explore what we actually mean by spirituality — and how easily spiritual practice can become another project of the ego.
From manifestation and the law of attraction to altered states, spiritual experiences and the pursuit of attainment, much of what we call spirituality can stil…
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In this episode of Notes on Practise, I take a deep dive into Taizuquan.
I explore Taizuquan as one of the foundational arts of the Southern Shaolin tradition, looking at how its San Zhan methods embody principles associated with the Yi Jin Jing, how it develops and organises the waist and spine fo…
For this episode of Notes on Practise, I step away from martial mechanics and combat training to talk about liminality, high strangeness, and the strange atmosphere that sometimes surrounds inner practise.
Not in the sensationalised internet sense of “mystical experiences”, but in the quieter and o…
Most people believe that time spent training automatically leads to transformation. But years of practise do not necessarily change a person.
In this episode I reflect on why some people are deeply reshaped through martial arts and cultivation work while others remain fundamentally untouched by the…
Why is it that martial arts training and spiritual practice so often lead into each other?
On the surface, they seem completely opposed. One is physical, confrontational, rooted in pressure. The other is often associated with stillness, reflection, and inner work. But if you’ve spent any real time …
In this episode of Notes on Practise, I explain how I teach Qigong and the internal arts, the influences that shaped my approach, and why I always bring the practice back to the body.
I talk about the White Crane lineage methods I teach, including standing practice, moving work, body-opening exerc…
In this episode of Notes on Practise, I explore the difference between what a teacher can guide and what must be discovered alone. Using the stages of Western alchemy — nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, and rubedo — we look at the process of psychological purification and preparation that many tradition…
In this episode of Notes on Practise, I explore how traditional Kung Fu systems were actually taught — particularly in Southern China — and why training often begins with conditioning and forms rather than immediate fighting techniques.Historically, these arts were designed to develop a resilient b…
In this episode of Notes on Practise, I reflect on walking without destination and what begins to change when attention is no longer shaped by efficiency.
Drawing on decades of living in central London — and the stillness of the lockdowns — this is a meditation on drifting through a place, on memo…
White Crane Kung Fu is often treated as a single, unified system. In practice, there are several distinct flavours, each emphasising different qualities — technical precision, softer internal work, or clearer links to earlier ancestor arts.
In this episode, I look at White Crane as a final layer o…
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